Bentonite for Oil Drilling API GRADE HIGH QUALITY

WHITE BENTONITE

• Bentonite is an absorbent aluminium phyllosilicate generally impure clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite,
• (Na,Ca)_0.33(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·(H₂O)_n. 

• Theabsorbent clay was given the name bentonite by an American geologistsometime after its discovery in about 1890 - after the Benton Formation(a geological stratum, at one time Fort Benton) in eastern Wyoming'sRock Creek area.
•  Othermodern discoveries include Montmorillonite discovered in 1847 inMontmorillon in the Vienne prefecture of France, in Poitou-Charentes,South of the Loire Valley and Pascalite discovered in about 1830 byFrench-Canadian fur trapper Emile Pascal atop the 8600-foot high BigHorn Mountains in Wyoming, USA. 

• AtAshapura China Clay, processed or refined white bentonite is availablein powder and in lumps form. The various grades and their applicationsare: